[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57423-57424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25160]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-816]


Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea: 
Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 3, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Walker or Alex Villanueva at 
(202) 482-0413 or (202) 482-3208 or, respectively; Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 29, 2003, the Department received a timely request from 
Hyundai Hysco (Hyundai'') in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea, 
which has an August anniversary date. We received a clarification to 
the public version of this request on September 24, 2003. See Notice of 
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 
from Korea, 58 FR 44159 (August 19, 1993).

Scope

    The merchandise under review is corrosion-resistant carbon steel 
flat products, which covers flat-rolled carbon steel products, of 
rectangular shape, either clad, plated, or coated with corrosion-
resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- 
or iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished 
or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances in addition to 
the metallic coating, in coils (whether or not in successively 
superimposed layers) and of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, or in 
straight lengths which, if of a thickness less than 4.75 millimeters, 
are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and which measures at least 10 
times the thickness or if of a thickness of 4.75 millimeters or more 
are of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and measures at least 
twice the thickness, as currently classifiable in the HTS under item 
numbers 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 
7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 
7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 
7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000, 
7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090. Included in this review are 
flat-rolled products of non-rectangular cross-section where such cross-
section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products 
which have been ``worked after rolling'') for example, products which 
have been beveled or rounded at the edges. Excluded from this review 
are flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with tin, lead, 
chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``terne plate''), or both 
chromium and chromium oxides (``tin-free steel''), whether or not 
painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic 
substances in addition to the metallic coating. Also excluded from this 
review are clad products in straight lengths of 0.1875 inch or more in 
composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and 
measures at least twice the thickness. Also excluded from this review 
are certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are three-
layered corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products less than 
4.75 millimeters in composite thickness that consist of a carbon steel 
flat-rolled product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-
60%-20% ratio.
    These HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and U.S. 
Customs purposes. The written descriptions remain dispositive.

Initiation of Review

    Hyundai has identified itself as a producer and exporter of 
corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products. In its request of 
August 29, 2003, Hyundai, as required by 19 C.F.R. 351.214(b)(2)(i) and 
(iii)(A), certified that it did not export the subject merchandise to 
the United States during the period of investigation 
(POI''), January 1, 1992 through June 30, 1992, and, that 
since the investigation was initiated on July 20, 1992, (57 FR 33488, 
July 29, 1992), it has never been affiliated with any exporter or 
producer who exported subject merchandise to the United States during 
the POI. Pursuant to the Department's regulations at 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iv), Hyundai submitted documentation establishing the 
date on which it first entered the subject merchandise to the United 
States, the volume of that first shipment, and the date of its first 
sale to an unaffiliated customer in the United States. Memorandum from 
Paul Walker, Case Analyst through Edward C. Yang, Office Director, to 
the File regarding the Initiation of AD New Shipper Review: Corrosion-
Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Korea, dated September 30, 
2003
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a new shipper review of the 
antidumping order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products 
from Korea produced by Hyundai.\1\ In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(h)(1), we intend to issue preliminary results of this review no 
later than 180 days after the date of initiation.
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    \1\ We note that the Petitioners separately requested an 
administrative review of Hyundai. If for any reason the Department 
rescinds the new shipper review of Hyundai, we will then include 
Hyundai in the normal administrative review.
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    In accordance with section 351.214(g)(1)(i)(A) of the Department's 
regulations, the period of review (``POR'') for a new shipper review 
initiated in the month immediately following the annual anniversary 
month is the twelve-month period preceding the anniversary month. 
Therefore, the POR for this new shipper is August 1, 2002 through July 
31, 2003.
    Concurrent with publication of this notice and in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.214(e), we will instruct the U.S.

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Customs Service to allow, at the option of the importer, the posting of 
a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the 
subject merchandise exported by the above listed company, until the 
completion of this review. Hyundai has certified that it both produced 
and exported the subject merchandise on which it based the request for 
a new shipper review. Therefore, we will instruct customs to limit the 
bonding option only to subject merchandise for which Hyundai is the 
producer and exporter.
    The interested parties must submit applications for disclosure 
under administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305, 351.306 and 19 CFR 351.221( c)(1)(i).
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: September 26, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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